The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has signed the Philippine Anti-Corruption Commission's (PACC) "Anti-Corruption Manifesto" under the Project Kasangga: Tokhang Laban sa Korapsiyon on May 27. Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista...
Violence against children takes many forms – physical, emotional, and sexual – and in many settings like the child’s own home, community, school, and online. In the Philippines, even before the pandemic, children experienced high prevalence of violence whether at home, in school, workplace,...
Which vaccines work best for which variants? Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana As the Philippines surpasses five million vaccine doses administered, the rate of vaccination continues to accelerate and there is real progress in rolling back the pandemic. Countries that have vaccinated a significant...
The country will receive another 50,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia on Sunday night, May 30, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 disclosed. The initial batch of 15,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines that arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City on May 1,...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara In September last year, the SK of Barangay Balaya in San Carlos City, Pangasinan installed WiFi modems at several locations in their village to provide Internet connectivity so the youth can more easily attend their online classes. Last August, the SK of Lavezares...
The government is urging more people to get vaccinated as soon as possible in a bid to outrun the worrisome emergence of new coronavirus variants. A health worker gives a coronavirus vaccine shot to a resident at a drive-through vaccination site in Makati City on May 7, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/Manila...
The National Task Force (NTF) will leave to health experts the decision on whether or not to approve the proposal by a group of businessmen allowing senior citizens who were inoculated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to dine in restaurants. NTF spokesperson Restituto Padilla Jr. said the...
Top officials of the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 explored areas of cooperation with representatives of 21 business firms in the United States on Wednesday, May 26, to help the country improve its pandemic response and jumpstart the nation's economic recovery. In a statement, the NTF...
The National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 expressed optimism on Wednesday, May 26, that the country will be able to consume all eight million vaccines in its inventory before they get expired as vaccine hesitancy continues to affect the immunization program in parts of the world. "May...
The sudden increase of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Palawan may have been attributed to the mass gathering events that were not monitored and the lack of testing by the local government unit (LGU), an official of the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 disclosed Wednesday, May 26....
And what we can do to prevent this VULNERABLE Even though HPB is a sexually transmitted disease, Babies can get it too (Unsplash) Some may think that all sexually transmitted diseases (STI) such as human papillomavirus (HPV) is only applicable among the adult population, but the medical...
To further speed up the immunization program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the national government is targeting to open all 3,000 vaccination sites to the public for 24 hours a day and seven days a week, a task force official disclosed Sunday, May 23. "Nakatutok na tayo dyan. Ang...
